History Literature / TheBakersAndBeastsOfTheSourdoughMountains

* BittersweetEnding: The bakers and beasts of the mountains begin to coexist peacefully, with the latter helping the former bake and distribute their goods to the Lower World in exchange for free food. However, thieves are still robbing the elves blind on a regular basis. The beasts help the elves with this by taking care of the thieves while the elves bake... but considering they're wild, hungry animals, it isn't hard to imagine they aren't just scaring the thieves off.

* BittersweetEnding: The bakers and beasts of the mountains begin to coexist peacefully, with the latter helping the former bake and distribute their goods to the Lower World in exchange for free food. However, there are thieves still rob the elves blind on a regular basis. The beasts help the elves with this by taking care of the thieves while the elves bake... but considering they're wild, hungry animals, it isn't hard to imagine they aren't just scaring the thieves off.

The elves that live atop the titular Sourdough Mountains make a living baking and selling their delicious breads and pastries to the people of the "Lower World" (a.k.a. at the base of the mountains). Unfortunately for the elves, there are many people and animals that like stealing their baked goods, with Yufka the Fox being the most infamous thief of them all. Yufka, however, always tosses the goods she steals into a cave located ever higher in the mountains, presumably to let the food rot.

The elves have grown tired of Yufka doing this and ask their leader, the "Mayor of the Mountains", what they should do about her. The mayor decides that Yufka must be killed, and to make that happen, he has his people bake a giant pie and have it sit on the windowsill of his house. One night, when Yufka's about, she catches a whiff of the pie and snatches it instantly, then hurries to her cave. The mayor and a group of elves, all armed with giant forks and knives, follow Yufka inside her cave, intent on killing her. But they reconsider immediately when they see the ''real'' reason Yufka has been stealing from them:

The mayor, touched by this, orders the group of elves to stand down, and they all leave Yufka's cave without a fuss. The next day, the mayor announces to all the village that, from hereon in, they shall cater to not only the people of the Lower World, but to the animals of the Sourdough Mountains, as well, under the condition the animals help the elves with baking and getting food to the people of the Lower World.

The bakers and beasts of the mountains then work alongside each other, spreading their baked goods--which are now even more delicious than usual--all around the world, and they all lived HappilyEverAfter...

* TalkingAnimal: Yufka and presumably every other animal that lives in the mountains (and the Lower World).

* BittersweetEnding: The bakers and beasts start coexisting peacefully, with the latter helping the former bake and distribute their goods in exchange for free food. But at the same time, there are ''still'' countless thieves that rob the elves blind, which still forces the elves to resort to violent measures to deal with them. The beasts are at least helping the elves with this by taking care of the thieves while the elves bake... but considering they're ultimately wild (and ''very'' hungry) animals, it isn't hard to imagine how they're "taking care" of them.

* ChekhovsGun: The Mayor of the Mountains mentions that Yufka once stole his red pillow. Cut to the mayor and his group of elves in Yufka's cave, watching her place her tired children on top of a "big red cushion".

* DisproportionateRetribution: The Mayor of the Mountains pretty much instantly decides that the only way to stop Yufka from stealing his people's food is to ''kill'' her.

* {{Expy}}: The elves are pretty much the Keebler elves if they lived on a mountaintop and baked pastries instead of cookies. Yufka herself is basically a female [[Literature/FantasticMrFox Mr. Fox]].

* TalkingAnimal: Yufka and presumably every other animal that lives in the mountains.

* TheFairFolk: The elves. They love baking and are cheerful to a fault, but the fact they beat up the people and animals they catch stealing their baked goods, and fact the mayor's wanted ''kill'' Yufka for it, shows that they really shouldn't be messed with.

* TheFairFolk: The elves. They love baking and are cheerful to a fault, but they've no problem beating up the people and animals who dare to steal their baked goods. Not to mention the group of elves that were going to outright ''kill'' Yufka in her own home.

* ChekhovsGun: The Mayor of the Mountains mentions that Yufka once stole his red pillow. Cut to the mayor and his group of elves in Yufka's cave, watching her place her tired children on top of a "big red cushion"...
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Mayor of the Mountains decides that the only way to stop Yufka from stealing his people's food is to ''kill'' her.

* BittersweetEnding: The bakers and beasts start coexisting peacefully, with the latter helping the former bake and distribute their goods in exchange for free food. But at the same time, there are ''still'' countless thieves that rob the elves blind, forcing the elves to steal resort to violent measures to deal with them. The beasts are at least helping the elves with this by taking care of the thieves while the elves bake... but considering they're ultimately wild (and ''very'' hungry) animals, it isn't hard to imagine how they're "taking care" of them.

The titular Sourdough Mountains is home to a race of elves that are world-renowned for how delicious the pastries they bake are. The elves make a living by selling these goods to the people of the "Lower World" (the elves' name for pretty much everything below their home).

But there are many people and animals, both in the mountains and in the Lower World, that steal the food the elves work so hard to make. The most infamous of these thieves is Yufka, a big red fox that's known to steal whole heaps of baked goods, but never eats them. Instead, Yufka takes the food she steals to a save high in the mountains, presumably to let the food rot.

Why exactly she does this is unclear, but the elves have grown tired of this practice of hers and go to their leader, the "Mayor of the Mountains", with their grievances. The mayor decides to have her people bake a giant pie and have it sit on the windowsill of his house to lure Yufka out in the open.

One night when Yufka's about, she catches a whiff of the pie and snatches it instantly, then hurries to her cave. The mayor and ga group of elves, all armed with giant forks and knives, follow Yufka inside her cave, intent on killing her...

But the reconsider when they see the reason Yufka--and apparently many of the other animals in the mountains--have been stealing from them:

Yufka's a mother with three kids, and she's been feeding them the food she's been stealing from the elves. The mayor, touched by this, orders the elves to stand down, and they all leave Yufka's cave without a fuss.

The next day, the mayor announces to all the village that, from hereon in, they shall cater to not only the people of the Lower World, but the animals of the Sourdough Mountains, as well, under the condition that the animals help the elves with baking and getting food to the people of the Lower World.

That, and a certain big red fox...

* FilchingFoodForFun: The elves assume Yufka is doing this, as they always see her fling the food she steals in a cave for no particular reason. Once they follow her into the cave, however, they see she's been feeding her children the food all along.

* BittersweetEnding: The bakers and beasts start coexisting peacefully, with the latter helping the former bake and distribute their goods in exchange for free food. But at the same time, there are ''still'' countless thieves that rob the elves blind, forcing the elves to steal resort to violent measures to deal with them. The beasts are at least helping the elves with this by taking care of the thieves while the elves bake... but considering they're ultimately wild (and ''very'' hungry) animals, it isn't hard to imagine how they're take care of them.

* FilchingFoodForFun: The elves assume Yufka is doing this, as they always see her fling the food she steals in a cave for no particular reason. Once they follow her into the cave, however, they see she's been feeding her children all along.

* FilchingFoodForFun: The elves assume Yufka is doing this, as they always see her fling the food she steals in a cave for no particular reason. Once they follow her into the cave, however, they see she'd been feeding her children all along.

* ChekhovsGun: The Mayor of the Mountains mentions that Yufka once stole his red pillow. Cut to the mayor and his group of elves watching Yufka place her tired children on a "big red cushion"...

* BittersweetEnding: The bakers and beasts start coexisting peacefully, with the latter helping the former bake an distribute their goods in exchange for free food. But at the same time, there are ''still'' countless thieves that rob the elves blind, forcing the elves to steal resort to violent measures to deal with them. The beasts are at least helping the elves with this by taking care of the thieves while the elves bake... but considering they're ultimately wild (and ''very'' hungry) animals, it isn't hard to imagine how they're take care of them.

* {{Expy}}: The elves are pretty much the Keebler elves if they lived on a mountaintop and baked pastries instead of cookies. Yufka herself is basically [[Literature/FantasticMrFox Mr. Fox]] if he were a woman.

Except there are still people and animals that steal the elves' food. It's being taken care of, though, with a little help from the animals... That, and a certain big red fox.

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